Tying device



April 17, 1928.

E. B. HOOVER TYING DEV''ICE Filed Sept. 27. 1926 z lNvENToR fdyar flz/e/ BY. w

W ATToRNEY Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

EDGAR B. HOOVER, OF SPOKANE, M S'JEIIIQ'GY'IJON.v

TYING DEVICE.

Application filed September 27, 1926.

This invention relates to tying devices and has as one of its objects to provide a device more particularly applicable to tying and sec'uring bundles of mail.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tying device that' may be used interchangeably between postal departments, or between railway mail cars and post oflices.

A further object of the ,invention is to provide a tying device that will expedite tying of packages and bundles, and that will eliminate waste in cord or twine.

A further object of the invention is to rovide a tying device that will avoid slack in the cord during the tying operation and therefore will provide for tighter tying. A further object of the invention is to provide a tying device that may be convcniently taken care of and thatis ready and accessible for use when wanted.

With these and other objects of the invention Vin view reference is now had to the accompanying drawings in which.

Eig. 1 is a side elevation of the device;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the first step used in tying a package;

Fig. 4: is a similar view to Fig. 3 showing the second step used in tying a package;

Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 3 showing the third and final step in tying a package; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device shown suspended and read for use.

Having reference to t e drawings like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views and the numeral 1 refers to the tying device in its entirety7 the device comprising a base plate 2 consisting preferably of a fiattened piece of material, the flattening, or breadth of the plate being essential to prevent tipping of the plate during the Vtying operation. i

The plate is provided at one end with an aperture 3, termed a hanging aperture, by which the'device may be suspended when not in use, and a second aperture 4 positioned opposite to the hanging aperture, in which to secure one end of a cord 5 with which the package 6 is to be tied.

To the base plate is rigidly secured a catch 7 consisting preferably of a formed wire,

hand with the i which a right angle Serial No. 137,836.

the wire being formed to provide an end 8 whereby the catch may be soldered, spot welded, or otherwise attached to the plate, with its central part bent to form a loop to provide a snubbing post 9 having a small neck 10 and an enlarged top portion 11, and with its other end Vbentv to form a yielding extended arm 12, resilient with said loop, having an upturned end 13 to conveniently receive the cord 5 between it and the plate 2, by which the cord is finally secured at the completion of the tying operation.

While the base plate 2 is described as a fiattened piece of material, to prevent tipping during the tying operation, it must be understood that any equivalent of a relatively large base will come within the scope of the claim, such for instance as a wire base (not shown) bent to form the orifices above mentioned and thereby providing an enlargement that will in a similar manner prevent tipping.

In use the package '6 is held in the left thumb holding vthe plate flat against the package.

The cord is now brought toward the body, then under the package, and' then over the package to the snubbing post 9, around turn is made to the left. (See Fig. 3.)

The cord is now passed laterally about the package as shown in Fig. 4 and a complete turn taken about the snubbing post 9, the enlarged top portion 11 of that member preventing the cord slipping off in both in-v stances of passing the cord around the post.

Finally the cord is drawn between the extended arm` 12 and the plate 2 when the tie is completed. I

` It is obvious that a cord may be used of sufficient length to encompass the larger packages and that in tying smaller packages the excess cord may be wrapped around the package before the final tying.

Where the device is used nterchangeably between departments, or between a mail car and a post office the device isv removed by pulling the cord from beneath the extended arm,and the device may then be hung on a filing peg for future use.

It is obvious that with this device there Will be no waste of cord, by Cutting and b away the once used cord,V as the,

Ward the other of said loops, and in yeldng contact With said plate, said yeldng member having a single loop formed intermediate its ends, and havingl its free end upturned.

In testimony Whereof I aflix my signature EDGAR B. HOOVER. 

